Godfrey Winn introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the organ of the Granada, Tooting
Frank Baron and his Sextet
1856-1956
Victoria Cross Centenary Parade
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Conducted by Ole Jensen on gramophone records
Last day
Commentaries by Rex Alston, John Arlott, and Michael Charlton, with a lunchtime summary by E.W. Swanton
From Lord's
(Recordings)
Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. at 1.40
A programme for children under five
Today's story: 'The Elephant and the Little Boy ' by H. J. Harland , told by Dorothy Smith. (BBC recording)
including :
The Month in Parliament: a commentary by Princess Indira on what has been going on in Westminster
The Old Windmill: Percy Edwards talks of a country scene
Opening Day at Wimbledon: impressions recorded yesterday by Jean Metcalfe
Serial: An Episode of Sparrows ' by Rumer Godden
(to be read in fifteen instalments)
Abridged by Ursula Keeble
Read by Mary O'Farrell
2-' How the Trouble Started '
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
Further commentaries from Lord's
Band of the Irish Guards
Conducted by Captain C. H. Jaeger
Director of Music
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife. records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Billy Thatcher
In the contrasting styles of Paul Adam and his Mayfair Music with Rita Williams , Franklyn Boyd and Kenny Kay and the Jackie Davies Group
Production by Geoffrey Owen
(Continued)
Second Test Match
Further commentaries by Rex Alston , John Arlott. and Michael Charlton , with summaries by E. W. Swanton
From Lord's
The Lawn Tennis Championships
Latest results and commentary by Max Robertson
From the All England Club.
Wimbledon
Shipping Forecast on 1.500 m.—5.58-6.0
with Maxine Ware plays music by Vincent Youmans and Jerome Kern
(Recordings)
Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.
See columns 2 and 3
with Deryck Guyler , Edna Fryer
Len Lowe , Marian Miller and The Radio Revellers
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader. Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowits
Script bv
Charles Hart and Bernard Botting
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont
3-Limehouse Reach and Beyond
A combined outside broadcast and dramatised feature on the work of the Thames Police, with a commentary from a launch on the river by John Snagge
This programme deals with the hazards of a tideway patrol.
Tunes you have asked us to play
England v. Australia
A summary of the last day's play by Alan McGilvray
The Jazz Trend in 1956 An illustrative programme of the contemporary jazz played by Kenny Baker 's Dozen
Introduced by Wilfrid Thomas
Production by Pat Dixon
' Allan Quatermain ' by H. Rider Haggard
(to be read in twenty instalments) Abridged by Jocelyn Bradford
Read by Derek Birch
17—' 'Twixt Dusk and Dawn'
Ena Baga at the BBC theatre organ
Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only
